13 Related Articles, between 2018-04-30 and 2018-02-15

Amazon becomes more valuable than Microsoft. Now No. 3 overall, the e-commerce giant hits a market cap of $702 billion after a stock price surge on Wednesday >>

Amazon surpasses Microsoft in market value for the first time. Both companies are just shy of all-time highs set at the beginning of February. >>

Amazon, Microsoft among top companies hiring foreign workers. Big tech companies such as Amazon and Microsoft are getting more H-1B visas for foreign workers, and outsourcing firms are getting fewer. >>

Amazon's market value on verge of beating out Microsoft. By Noel RandewichSAN FRANCISCO, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday was on the verge of ending the day with a stock market value higher than... >>

Bezos and Amazon, having already destroyed so much, may finally kill off Powerpoint. Amazon founder and CEO JEff Bezos writes in his letter to shareholders that at Amazon, Microsoft Powerpoint is out. >>

Exclusive: Microsoft takes aim at Amazon with push for checkout-free retail. SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is working on technology that would eliminate cashiers and checkout lines from stores, in a nascent challenge to Amazon.com Inc's automated grocery shop, six people familiar with the matter told Reuters. >>

Microsoft catches Amazon as second most valuable company based on market cap. Microsoft and Amazon are within a percentage point of one another at around $723 billion in market cap. A critical difference between the two is that Microsoft’s stock has been just shy of flat in the past five days, while Amazon’s has dropped almost 6%. >>

Microsoft narrows Amazon's lead in cloud, but the gap remains large. Amazon held about one-third of the market for cloud infrastructure in the first quarter, while Microsoft gained share. >>

Microsoft takes aim at Amazon with push for checkout-free retail. Microsoft Corp is working on technology that would eliminate cashiers and checkout lines from stores, in a nascent challenge to Amazon.com Inc's automated grocery shop, according to sources. >>

Microsoft to take on Amazon with $7.5 billion GitHub deal. (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Monday it would buy privately held coding website GitHub Inc for $7.5 billion in an all-stock deal to beef up its cloud computing business and challenge market leader Amazon.com Inc . >>

UPDATE 3-Microsoft to take on Amazon with $7.5 bln GitHub deal. June 4 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Monday it
would buy privately held coding website GitHub Inc for $7.5
billion in an all-stock deal to beef up its cloud computing
business and challenge market leader Amazon.com Inc. >>